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I read I can try to spray some water near the manifold edges to see if there's a leak. I'll pick up the gauge tomorrow too. I have a 4bl Edelbrock and a new performer in the trunk, I may just put that on and torque it right.

I have to go and buy a vacuum gauge still. I basically have a full toolbox in the trunk of the car now. I can't get back to the car until Friday now though. It's confusing that the vacuum would be an issue as it wasn't before the car started sitting and I've checked the lines. I also noticed...

Well I put the pertronix and new 12v coil in and now it Idles amazing. Better than it has before. I can rev it to redline and it feels powerful, but any gas in drive or reverse and it still stalls. I'm at a loss as to what the problem could be at this point.

Well thanks to Jeff I've got the new distributor in and the engine starts up but the power feels shallow and putting it in drive stalled it. It can rev fine in park and neutral though. I figured that the carb is probably gunked with starting fluid over the past three months of not firing so I'm...

I can't find any markings anywhere to tell me one way or the other, so it's at the least not a motorcraft. Will the Pertronix still fit in or do I need to get a different kit?

So I got everything I need together, but while i'm still bumbling through learning about pertronix, I'm noticing I don't have the module and condenser that every website I read about and video I see shows them removing from the distributor. Now I'm at a loss as to what I'm supposed to be taking...

I won't know until tonight, had the parts sent overnight now I'm just eager to get off work and hopefully get everything together but I'll post what I find out.

I'm a fan of the yellow, but I can't help but keep glancing at Eric's pewter and black every time he posts in a thread haha

Does it make that much of an impact on sound deadening? When I'm in someone else's car I forget we're moving sometimes because I can't hear the road. Taking up the carpet again for some new floor pans soon and it sounds like a good investment.

Not to hijack the thread, but since it's fairly on topic with Eric's post I thought I'd check. I'm about to put an Ignitor II on this weekend, I just want to clarify with the 12v bypass that it's just running a 12v wire from the key to the positive coil lead instead of the original resistance...

Thanks for the reply Chuck, I just got off work and wasn't able to check up on the thread until now though. I went with the Ignitor II kit to just refit my current distributor along with new wires and cap/rotor instead of the ready to run. It would crank but didn't have any spark, all the wiring...

So I didn't get her fixed in time last time and had to park it, but now I'm back in state and not leaving her behind again. Luckily I know it's the dizzy so I'm buying a new distributor to finally move from points. My friend keeps telling me to get the MSD ready to run...

So I replaced the starter, voltage regulator, solenoid, coil pack and distributor cap. Primarily put of frustration and noticing they were all worn anyway. Tested them and installed but still just cranks, though many other issues are taken care of. I do notice the radio doesn't come on, though...

Parked the 72 a week ago and haven't been able to get it to want to fire back up. It'll just crank and crank, sometimes it would just click when when I turned the ignition, so I replaced the solenoid first. I replaced the battery a few days ago because the current had a dead cell. Then I turn...

Cleaning up my Performer intake and trying to pick between the Edelbrock 1405 600cfm performer or the Edelbrock 1805 650 Thunder AVS. After this the next move is headers, would I be better off getting the Thunder? I'm not too sure why I'd go one over the other right now other than the price...

Just seeing if anyone has an Edelbrock or Holley 600/650 collecting dust somewhere, preferably manual choke but I'm open to either. Picking up a 2V Performer intake in San Jose hopefully this weekend and while I clean up the engine and wait for my gaskets to come in I thought I'd check here...

will e, I'll check that next time it gives me a hassle which based off current trends should be the next time I'm in a hurry. Tomorrow I'll check and clean the grounds and pull the starter. She's a slow starter already, so a new starter isn't a bad idea. I did check the battery and it's fine...

Looks great! No TDY for me for another year or I'd be moving on this too!

Every so often I'll get back to the car after driving, turn the ignition and see my idiot lights flash on and get no crank. The car will be driving flawlessly before that. I'll sit and make a phone call or wait about ten minutes, then turn the key again and it'll crank and start but take longer...

Got a pic of the interior as it is after new carpet and the console. Just got new Black/White GT floor mats in today to replace those worn out ones and match the color scheme better. Tomorrow I pull all the plastics to be cleaned and recoated with matching SEM. The thin panel that the...